MOSES WANZER (25 Oct 1722 - 8 Aug 1772)
               
Elizabeth G. Knapp ( - About Nov 1804)
Abraham Wanzer
(16 Dec 1748 - )
Nicholas Wanze
r (22 Oct 1751 - )
Jeremiah Wanzer
(5 Dec 1753 - )
Moses Wanzer
(11 May 1755 - )
Ebenezer Wanzer
(10 Feb 1757 - 16 Jan 1758)
Abigail Wanzer
(6 Sep 1758 - 13 Aug 1818)
               John Drinkwater
              
Richard Sudlow (1748 - 1 May 1814)
Ebenezer Wanzer
(3 Jan 1760 - )
Husted Wanzer
(3 Feb 1762 - )
Elizabeth Wanzer
(17 Jun 1764 - )
                   Thomas Haviland

John Wanzer
(13 Jul 1766 - )
Anna Wanzer
(9 Jan 1772 - )
A History of the Wanzer Family in America
from 1642 to 1920

was written in 1920 by William David Wanzer. Pages 7-48 contain an acount of Abigail Wanzer's family back to Jan Jansen Wanshaer who reached New Amsterdam about 1642.

Abigail's lineage is as follows:

Jan Wanzer  
born abt 1621, Tubingen, Germany. Occupation: Ship pilot/Merchant
       
Baertge Kip   born New Amsterdam Colony, died after 1702 in New York.
- Anthony Wanzer 
cristened July 4, 1657, Dutch Reformed Church,
                                    New Amsterdam Colony. Occupation: Cooper

                 Maritge Hubbard/Herberts  
born abt 1663 New York
-- Abraham Wanzer 
christened April 1, 1696, Dutch Reformed Church of New York 
                                       died about 1784, Danbury Conn.

                   Abigail Huested/Horse Neck 
died 1725-1727
--- Moses Wanzer 
born October 25, 1722, Greenwich, Conn. died August 8, 1772,
                                   Sherman, Conn. Occupation: Farmer.
                                   A beautiful Obituray was written for him by his son Nicholas Wanzer

                Elizabeth G. Knapp
b. Danbury, Conn.  died abt. November 1804,
                                                          New Milford Conn. 
                                                           (Ebenezer Knapp/ Elizabeth Benedict/Finch?)

             
               Copies of pages 7-48 can be obtained by contacting
Kelly Smith, yadilla@hotmail.com

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